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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.30.14

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 30: Śūrpaṇakhā reaches Rāvaṇa’s court. The narrative recalls his conquests, tapas and protection from nonhuman enemies, leaving him vulnerable to a human

In the sequence: his past exploits include defeating Vāsuki and Takṣaka, abducting Takṣaka's wife, and seizing the Puṣpaka vehicle from Kubera on Kailāsa

3.30.14

kailāsaṃ parvataṃ gatvā vijitya naravāhanam
vimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ tasya kāmagaṃ vai jahāra yaḥ

who, going to Mount Kailāsa and conquering Kubera (whose bearers are men), carried off his Puṣpaka car that goes at will;

Words: kailāsaṃ — Kailāsa; parvataṃ — mountain; gatvā — having gone; vijitya — having conquered; naravāhanam — Kubera (borne by men); vimānaṃ — the aerial car; puṣpakaṃ — Puṣpaka; tasya — his; kāmagaṃ — going at will; vai — indeed; jahāra — carried off; yaḥ — who

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.